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OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1919.
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OMAHA MANAGER
DICKERING FOR
CRAGKJPLAYERS
Jackson Has Deals Pending
for Class A. A. Infielders;
Hopes to Land Pitcher
and Catcher.
Omaha's hustling base ball man
ager reports ihat he has several
deals pending whereby he will se
cure three or four class AA. play
ers for the local Western league
club, including a couple of infield
ers, a pitcher and a catcher, all of
whom will be of great aid in bring
ing the rag to Omaha. Hill says he
hasn't heard from any of the local
semi-pros yet, but he may pick up a
player or two from the semis if
they come out and show what they
have in stock.
Just who the players are that
Bill is dickering for, Bill says he
is not at liberty to state just at
present, but as soon as the deals
are completed he will give out the
news. One thing the fans can bank
on and that is that Omaha will have
a team that will be right in bat
tling for the top of the heap from
the first call of "play." according to
Jackson. Contracts have been sent
to all his old standbys and the
Rourke's manager expects to have
enough players within the next few
days to stage a few practice games
as soon as the weather gets so it
ran be done.
Looks for Good Team.
Several days ago, Manager Jack
son stated that be was sorry that
I'a Rourke couldn't horn into the
American association for he feels
that he will have a ball team that
could cop the rag of that organiza
tion as easy as he expects to gather
in the Western bunting. Bill thinks
the Western league is just about as
fast as the American association
anyway. It is his idea that a team
strong enough to win the pennant
in the Western league would be
strong enough to win the associa
tion Hag. Several Western leaguers
have gone up into the AA. organ
ization and have played as good ball
in that class as they did when they
were in the Western league, in fact
some of them seemed to improve
just a little. The pitching is very
little if any better than that in our
own league and the fielding isn't a
jit better.
Manager Jackson promises a few
surprises when the season opens,
not onlv for local fans but for the
other Western league managers as
well. He says his team is going to
hop right out in front at the begin
ning of the season and stay there all
the way. He never expects to be
headed and expresses a hope that
the Omaha fans will get out there
and show his boys how well they
appreciate a real pennant winning
club. If the fans will do their part,
Jackson and Rourke promise they
will do theirs.
Drawings Completed
For State Basket Ball
Tourney at Lincoln
Lincoln, March 8. "(Special.)
-Drawings for the first round of
the Nebraska high school basket
ball tournament, starting here Wed
nesday of next week, were made to
day. One hundred and twenty Ne
braska high schools are entered in
the tournament and will have teams
in the opening rounds of play.
The high schools have been di
vided into eight divisions. Cham
pionship games in the first three
divisions, A, B and C, will be played
at the city auditorium Saturday
night. Championships in the other
divisions will be decided during the
day.
Three Omaha high teams were
put in Class A, including Central.
South Omaha and the School of
Commerce. The Nebraska Sclfool
for Deaf five was placed in Class C.
Ouaha Central plays Geneva in
the opening round next Wednesday
afternoon, while the South high is
slated to go against Norfolk, and
Lincoln meets the Omaha School
M" Commerce. The Nebraska
School for Deaf was pitted against
Scribner in its first game.
Pete Lynch Signs With
Sioux City Again; Was
Star of Local Semis
One of the old Omaha amateur
and semi-pro basebalt stars, Tete
I.ych signed up with Sioux City
tbout two weeeks ago. Pete said
he didn't care for any publicity out
side of the playing season and kept
it dark. Semi-pro fans will long re
member Pete's work behind the bat
two years ago with the crack Bran
Icis team.
Last year Fete was one of the
mainstays of the Sioux City club, his
work behind the bat being of stel
lar type and his stick work figured
conspicuously in many of the Soo
team's victories. His work under
the pad in the Iowa town has made
Pete quite a favorite with the fans.
His many Omaha friends will be
jlad to hear that he is back in the
Sioux City lineup, but most local
tans would rather see him in an
Omaha uniform.
Foot Ball Stars Awarded
Letters at Shenandoah Hi
Shenadoah, la., March 8. (Spe--ial.)
The coveted foot ball "S"
went to one woman this year, when
:he letters were awarded the Shen
itidoah high school players. Mrs.
Louise Wyatt, principal, whose hus
band is in service overseas, was the
faculty member awarded the letter.
Loach Earnest. D. Lange, from St.
Joseph, Mo.,,presented the "S's" and
1. L, Jones, manager of the Athletic
tssociatiou spoke. Those who won
ieftcrs"' were Captain Taul Ristine,
Livid Sjulin, Orville Byers, Clark
Higgle, Samuel Lewis, Leo Drake,
Paul Purccll, Harold Fishbaugh,
(ii-orge Martin, Harley Corey and
L.Otui Huchanan.
Billy Uvick, Popular Omaha
Boxer Signs Up Life Battle
Crippled in France, "Bill" Hobbles Home With Cane
and Surprises His Friends, Running Off to Lincoln
to Get Married.
After he had traveled all over this
country and part of France, looking
over the girls, Billy Uvick, the
South Side middleweight scrapper,
at last decided that he couldn't do
any better than marry the girl he
had been going with for a number
of years, Miss Martha Deminski,
also of the South Side. j
A professional boxer for a num
ber of years, Billy made quite a rep
utation in various parts of the coun
try as a middleweight. When the
war broke out lie made his way to
Camp Funston and was there made
one of the boxing instructors of
the camp. His division went over
to France and Billy was right on
the job, along with it. He took
part in the battle of St. Mihiel, Ver
dun and the Argonne Forest, com
ing out without an injury.
Congratulating himself on being
able to get home with no scars of
battle, Billy had the misfortune to
slip as he jumped from an ammuni
tion truck in France and the wheel
of the truck passed over his foot,
crippling it badly. It was about well
and Bill took another ride and again
the foot became crippled in almost
the same way. This time the sur
geons wanted to amputate the hoof,
but Bill demurred and objected so
strenuously that he kept the foot,
though badly crippled.
His long experience in the box
ing game, caring for injured hands,
stood Bill in good stead and he sur
prised the surgeons by bringing the
foot around to such condition that
he could hobble about with a cane.
He came home and was discharged
on February IS. He hobbled over to
his sweetheart's home and insisted
on a little trip. They went to Lincoln
and there Bill bought a license and
they were married. Again Uvick
hobbled to a train and came home a
sober married man.
When questioned about it Uvick
said, "I've gone through lots of
scraps and never been' seriously in
jured, tackled the kaiser's rough
necks and didn't get hurt, so I
thought I could take on this life
battle with a woman rattier sateiy.
I stand a good chance of winning
this long scrap if she don't bring
an ammunition truck into the ring.
They're the only things that can
floor me for any length of time."
Last Week's Results.
Central Park, 80; Dundee, 13.
Castelar, 12; South High, 8.
Clifton Hill, 14: Miller Park. 4.
This Week's Schedule.
Tuesday. Castelar at Dundee; South
Hlcli at Central Park.
Thursday, Castelar at Clifton Hill.
Friday, Dundee at Miller Park.
Team Standing;.
W. L. Pet.
Central Park . 7 0 1.000
South High 4 3 .571
Castelar 4 S .571
Clifton Hill 4 S .671
Dundee & .&'l
Miller Park 0 7 .009
Church League Standings.
W. L. Pet.
First Christians 8 1 .889
Pearl Memorials 5 4 .056
Hansrom Parks 6 4 .556
Calvary Baptists 6 4 .556
Benson Methodists 4 5 .444
Trinity Baptists 4 4 .000
With the local High school teams
at Lincoln and the Creighton quin
tet on the road to stage the final
cleanup of the Iowa teams, Omaha
cage fans have a slim menu for
games prepared for them this week.
Several hundred fans, however, in
tend to invade the capital city to
root for the Omaha teams entered
in the state High school basket ball
tourney.
The Commercial league finished
its schedule last Thursday and the
church league teams finish Tuesday
night. The First Christians have
cinched a penant, but a three-cornered
tie for second honors will be
played off between the Hanscom
park, Calvary Baptists and Pearl
Memorials. The Pearls will play
the South Side Trinity Baptists, the
Hanscom Parks will engage the
First Christians and the Calvary
Baptists the Benson Methodists.
This will probably result in a tie be
tween the Pearls and the Calvary
Baptists for second honors unless
the Bensons spill the dope by
trouncing the Calvarv Baptist boys.
Because of the tournament at Lin
coln starting Wednesday, the party
for the league players and their lady
frineds has been postponed until
a week from Thursday. Trophies
will then be presented to the win
ners from each hague, medals given
the members of the championship
teams and special medals given to
the man from each league commit
ting the least personal fouls during
the season.
Verne Moore, chairman of the
basket ball committee, announced
yesterday that an open city tourna
ment wouuld be played here next
week. Any team in the city is eli
gible to take a fling at the city cham
pionship save Creighton university.
It is expected that all the teams
from the local leagues and the High
schools will be entered.
Coach Mills will take his men on
the road tomorrow and will make
the final cleanup of Iowa as a finish
to his season. Dodge, Simpson,
Grinnell, Coe, Parsons, Cornell, Du
buque, Campion, Luther and the
Iowa State Teachers will all be
played on their own floors. The
team will return a week from Wed
nesday. Shenandoah, la., March 8. Both
the boys and girls teams of the
Shenandoah high school were vic
torious in the basket ball games with
Emerscn, la., last night at the local
gym. The boys won 22 to 12 while
the girls romped away with a lo-to-
i victory.
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MRS. "BILLY" UVICK.
"BILLY" UVICK.
The Mr. and Mrs. Bill are out
looking over the' furniture supply of
Omaha and will take up their resi
dence "somewhere" on the South
Side.
Johnson to Re-Enter
Ring in Mexico; Wants
Battle With Willard
Havana, March 8. Jack John
son, formerly world's heavyweight
pugilistic champion, arrived here to
day from Spain on his way to Mex
ico City, where he will make his first
appearance in a ring contest since he
lost the championship to Jess Wil
lard in this city almost four yers
ago.
Johnson declared that he wants a
return fight with Willard "any
where, under any conditions except
those which governed the Havana
contest." He would, he said, split
the purse to suit Willard; winner
take all, 75 and 25 per cent, or other
wise. Johnson looks to be in good con
dition and said he weighs 225
pounds. The former champion has
signed a blank contract calling for
five ring battles in Mexico with any
opponents who may be selected for
him. He hopes to meet Jack Demp
sey and 'others of the best American
fighters. Within four months, or af
ter fulfillment of his Mexico con
tract, he intends to visit the United
States. v
Amateur Balk Line
Billiard Championship
Won by McAndless
Chicago, March 8. David Mc
Andless of the Chicago. Athletic as
sociation tonight won the national
amateur balk line billiard cham
pionship by defeating Percy Col
lins of the Illinois Athletic club, 300
to 109, in 16 iinnings.
McAndless' victory bore out the
prediction during the tournament
that he had shown championship
caliber. Until this afternoon, when
Collins beat him, 300 to 264, Mc
Andless had five victories and no
defeats. The defeat came in the last
scheduled contest of the tournament
and made a tie between the Chicago
men representing rival clubs.
McAndless made high runs of 92
and 46. Collins' best were 33
and 19.
Kansas Aggies Win
Basket Ball Honors
By Beating Nebraska
Manhattan, Kan., March 8. The
Kansas Aggies cinched the Missouri
Valley basket ball championship
here tonight by defeating the Ne
braska five by a score of 31 to 19.
The game was the tenth straight
victory for the Kansas quintet.
St. Louis, March 8. Scoring 116
points five goals and a free throw
in the last four minutes of play,
Missouri University defeated Wash
ing university, 35 to 26. in a Mis
souri Valley basket ball game to
night. Chicago, March 8. Wisconsin de
feated Chicago, 25 to 15, tonight in
the loser's final conference basket
ball game of the season.
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LEWIS SIGNS UP
SWEDE GIB TO
TACKLEJ.PESEK
John Freberg, One Time Win
ner Over Joe Stecher, to
Wrestle Pesek in Omaha
March 21.
It was reported that Jack Lewis
had gone on east to see John Fre
berg and Stranglcr Lewis wrestle,
but Jack changed his mind as he
already had the signed contract for
Freberg to come to Omaha and
wrestle the new Nebraska favorite
heavyweight, John Pesek of Shelton,
at the Auditorium on Friday, March
21.
This fellow Freberg is the husky
that gave Joe Stecher such an ar
gument recently at Springfield,
Mass., when Stecher agreed to throw
him in 90 minutes. Joe not only
failed to throw him but was given
a real tussle to prevent being thrown
himself. Freberg has wrestled and
beaten a number of the prominent
heavy wrestlers including the for
mer American champion, Charley
Cutler, whom he threw in two falls
out of three. He tossed John Olin
of Sioux City not long ago. It was
expected that Olin would be Pesek's
next opponent here, but Freberg's
victory over Olin spilled the cream
for that bout and resulted in Lewis
getting Freberg instead.
Negotiations for this match have
been tinder way for some time, in
fact since Olin fell a victim to Fre
berg's prowess, but were not con
summated until Jack Lewis went to
Chicago for the Stecher-Lewis
match. While in the windy burg,
Jack hunted up Freberg's manager,
Joe Coffey, and induced him to try
and influence Freberg to take Pesek
on. Freberg was reluctant, but un
der the pursuasion of both Coffey
and Lewis finally agreed and the ar
ticles were signed, calling for the
bout to be staged in Omaha on
March 21st. The reports of Pesek's
work against Steve Savage were
such that all the iig men in the mat
game around Chicago are a little
chary of mixing with the Shelton
farmer boy.
At any rate, Freberg has been
signed to meet Pesek andOma
han's will have an opportunity to
judge as to whether the Shelton lad
is ready for the real top liners or
not. If he can beat Freberg he will
be doing something that Joe Stecher
could not do in 90 minutes and it
may mean a bout between Stecher
and Pesek at no great distant date.
Freberg is a wrestler of the rough
and ready type and opposed to a man
of Pesek's style, he should make a
great match. Some of the Chicago
fans expect to come to Omaha to
see the bout and hearing of Pesek's
rough style, they expect to see
something out of the ordinary in
mat work.
Cubs to Play In Two
Western League Cities
On Return From Coast
Chicago, March 8. Complete
training plans for the Chicago Na
tional League cluD were announced
tonight The players will leave for
the camp at Pasadena, Cal., March
19 and practice will be started two
days later. Eighteen exhibition
games have been arranged, the first
being at Los Angeles, March 29.
The other dates are: March 30.
Los Angeles; April 1. it Long
Beach;, April 2, at Riverside; April
5, at San Francisco; April 6, at Oak
land (morning) and at San Francis
co (afternoon); April 7 and 8, at
Fresno; April 10, at Phoenix, Ariz.;
April 11, at Tucson, Ariz.; April 12,
at Bisbee, Ariz.; April 13, at Douglas,
Ariz.; April 14, at El Paso, Tex.;
April 16, at Amarillo, Tex.; April
17, at Oklahoma Uty, UkI.; April
18, at Tulsa. Ok!.; April 19 and 20.
at Kansas City. I
Richards Captures Indoor
Junior Tennis Championship
Philadelphia, March 8. -Vincent
Richards, New York, holder with W.
T. Tilden, II, of the national dou
bles title, won the middle Atlantic
indoor, junior tennis championship
by defeating Rodney Beck, a local
star, here today, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Richards' stroke carried much
force behind it, and his work at all
times was characterized by steadi
ness. He exhibited a deceptive at
tack, his change of pace proving the
undong of Beck.
Earlier' in the day Richards cap
tured his fourth and semi-final
round matches by defeating An
drew Morgan and A. D. Whiting, re
spectively. Cadets Excel in Fencing.
Annapolis, March 8. In a dual
fencing contest here today, the mid
shipmen easily defeated the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, taking nine
straight bouts with the foil and
three out of four with the sabre.
Notes From
Former lightweight champion,
Jimmy Britt, is on a tour of the
southern states oil the Keith circuit,
doing a monologue, concluding his
act with a recitation entitled, "The
Murderers," which he delivers in
fighting togs, emphasizing the lines
with various fighting motions and
poses.
Willie Ritchie, former lightweight
champion boxer, who recently gave
the present title holder, Benny
Leonard, a stiff four-round argu
ment out in Frisco, is not only a
ring star, but a golfer of no mean
ability. Ritchie won the fourth flight
championship in the Olympic club's
annual golf tournament the other
day. He was scratch man and
eliminated his opponent by a score
of 8 to 7.
For the benefit of those opposing
legalized boxing in the state of
ONE TIME VICTOR OVER
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MIKE GIBBONS
STOPS AT OMAHA
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Guest of Members for Few
Hours He Lays Over
on Way to Denver '
for Bout.
On his way to Denver for a bout
scheduled there during the coming
week, Mike Gibbons, fresh from his
clean-cut victory over Soldier Bart
field at St. Taul, passed through
Omaha yesterday afternoon and
stopped for a few hours as the guest
of Gene Melady, Frank McCaffrey,
George Brandeis, Frank Kennedy
and other members of the Omaha
Athletic club. Mike was invited to
work a little at the Omaha A. C.
and played a couple of games of
handball, shadow-boxed and skipped
the rope to the edification of a few
of the club members who were in
the gym at the time.
In his workout in the club gym,
Mike amazed' some of the members
by his wonderful speed and the ad
mirable manner in which he went
about his little workout. One man,
noticing a little mark Jon Gibbons'
nose asked where he got it and
Mike told him he had received that
in a little boxing match the other
night. Surprised, the gentleman
asked. "Is it possible that there is
a man alive that can get past those
arms of yours in such a manner as
to leave a mark? I should think
it would be like sticking your head
against a buzz saw."
After the Denver bout, Mike will
stop off in Omaha for at least a few
hours on his return trip. The Omaha
Athletic club members have invited
him to make the O. A. C. gym his
headquarters whenever he was in
town and Mike rather liked the place,
so it is likely that he may be per
suaded to stay over a day or two.
Bob Fitzsimmons Old
Manager Dead After .
Brief Illness at Home
New York, March 8. Martin Ju
lian, who managed and seconded his
brother-in-law, the late Bob Fitz
simmons, when he won the heavy
weight championship from James J.
Corbett at Carson City 22 years ago,
died at his home in Brooklyn yes
terday after a brief illness. Julian
was connected with theatrical enter
prises for over 30 years and was
credited with being among the first
persons to have had moving pic
tures taken of prize ring contests.
Idaho Falls Makes Bid
for Heavyweight Fight
Idaho. Falls, Idaho, March 8.
Acting for a group of local capital
ists, Al B. llager, local promoter,
today telegraphed Tex Rickard an
offer of $165,000 and 50 per cent of
moving picture privileges for the
Willard-Dempsey fight.
The Idaho legislature this week
passed a bill legalizing 20-round
boxing contests.
Sport World
Nebraska for various reasons, I
quote the following expression from
Lieut. J. Burke, corps of chaplains
LT. S. X., "I am absolutely in favor
of boxing because it promoted phy
sical development and bodily
strength, which are but adjuncts to
moral development. It strengthens
the will, which is absolutely neces
sary for everyone, especially a
young man, who is constantly facing
temptations to body and soul."
The first 20-rourid scrap of ihe
season will be held at New Orleans
tomorrow night. Young Dewey of
New Orleans will go that route in
a bout with Art McGirl, of Boston,
at the Orleans club. This should
make a dandy scrap as both of 'these
men were considered welterweight
title contenders four ,or five years
ago and both claim to be as good
now as they were when they were
in the contender's spotlight.
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LOOKS like the league of nations is going to be a league of crap
shooters. The sultan of Cold Turkey lias got the bug. Rolled
away his gold-filled throne on two sixes. Lost all his velvet and
started to fade his harem against a set of bones propelled by a Georgia
dinge who broke his razor cutting service stripes on the kaiser's coat tails.
Smoke started to win th war with a pair of top-heavy dirt-. When
the suit was looking west he'd throw 'em east. Got a ra out, let it ride
and sprained his wrist throwing naturals. Only 200 wives stood between
the suit and being a bachelor, when some sucker blew a police whistle
and pulled the armistice stuff. Made the smoke sore, as he was going to
tote the plunder back to Georgia and openup a Turkish laundrv.
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Smoke claimed the armistice didn't include dice. Stilt started to
hedge when he saw the Georgia boy making the bones stand on their
hind legs and beg. It was razors against scimetars. Dinge carved a
boulevard through 3,000 miles of Turkish soldiers and floated back to
Georgia, using his shoes as a raft.
Score by innings:
Sultan's babies needed 200 new pairs of high-heeled carpet slippers.
Custodian of the royal Bosphorous dice trotted out the 111" dotted cheat
ers and tne suit cut loose, nrst toss was Dad news, second tnrow was
a natural. Suit pegged the whole dime, and Big Dick was the stranger
in the front pew.
Suit shot over him, tinder him
gave him a tumble. Long sickness
four and mitted the thin dime, thinking she was a flock of fives.
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Suit had burned the money. Smoke laid low, knowing that a scared
rabbit never comes back. Suit's luck was carrying a crutch. He raid a
four and a three on the next ride and knew it was his epitaph. Suit's luck
had turned sour like milk in a thunder storm.
While the suit toddled down into the cellar to gyp the gas meter, the
Georgia bird switched the speckled cubes.
Suit came back with his fez full of plugged quarters. The king can
do no wrong. However, he can guess 'em wrong, and the dinge sent the
suit back to the gas meter with seven naturals in a row like chickens on
a roost.
Suit was praying to the beard of his grandfather and the smoke
prayed to Mr. Gillette, the man who makes razors safe for camp melt
ings. Three more rolls of the miracle bones and the Georgia gent had
tne sultan s grandtatner looking smooth shaven.
Between watching the bones and running down to the gas meter the
suit was puffing like a sewing machine trying to pull a freight train over
the Blue Ridge mountains. Suit prayed for the strength of the bull and
the eye of the hawk that he might make this dog of an infidel look like
two sixes. Suit was praying in Turkish and dice have no ears.
Suit went democratic and eased into the royal nursery, where he
shook 400 of his .kids' clay banks down for the buttons. Smoke never
even stopped to oil his elbow. Never feed a bulldog during a fight.
Suit fsded 50 wives against the next toss, but the train never stopped
at his station. He chased the train down the track with 50 more wives,
but the engineer wore blinders. Dinge vas wondering where he could
get a hundred wash tubs from, when the suit piped there was something
rotten in a country much nearer than Denmark.
Suit had lamped a lot of naturals in his life, but he never saw 'em
rattle by like F'ords on a Detroit boulevard. The dinge needed those nat
urals. ' i
It takes a lot of violins to make a philharmonic orchestra. One nat
ural is sweet music, but the Georgia boy was going back to a land where
a drinking man has to have a keg anchored outside the three-mile limit.
That takes money and he was there to get it.
The suit thumbed the magic bones and saw one was all fours and the
other all threes. That spells seven and seven spells trouble. The royal
Turkish atrocities started to gun that smoke and the smoke answered
'em back with his razor.
He wore that razor right down to a knitting needle and then aimed
his dogs for the nearest ocean. Swam so far his feet turned into fins.
Landed in Georgia and was so thirsty that he had to drink water. If the
suit hadn't got w ise, Georgia would' have had the finest Turkish propelled
laundry in the works. One hundred wash tubs and all going like sub
way ticket choppers at 6 o'clock.
Dinge stili lias his loaded bones. But miracle dice in Georgia arc
like red ants on a picnic pie. Georgia is four layers deep in trick ivories.
Use 'em in theaters for fresco tiling.
Smoke is down home going through the notions of earning a living.
He's there yet.
If you go down in Georgia and pipe a dinge hopping up and down
like a Mexican jumping bean doing the shimmy, you'll know that's the
bird. Jumps up and down all day like a barefooted Greek dancer in a
briar patch.
He's got a million Turkish dollars in his head.
And he's trying to shake one down into his pocket so that he cap
buy a meal.
NEW MARK SET
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AT A JUL MEET
Taylor Raises World's Record
for Standing Leap From 5
Feet 4 1-8 Inches to 5
Feet 4 1-4 Inches.
New York, March 8. World's
record of 5 feet, 4J4 inches for the
standing high jump was made by
Lt. William H. Taylor of the Mari
etta (Ohio) Young Men's Christian
association at the National senior
indoor championships of the Ama
teur Athletic Union in Brooklyn to
night. The previous record was 5
feet, 4 1-8 inches, held by Piatt
Adams of New York.
Walker Smith of Cornell Univer
sity equalled the world's record of
9 2-5 seconds in winning the 70
yards high hurdles.
The Boston Athletic association
took the teamprize with 13 points
with the Marietta (Ohio) Y. M. C.
A. and the St. Louis A. A. tied for
second with 10 points each.
Lt. William H. Taylor of the
Marietta club won the standing
broad jump after breaking the
world's record in the standing high
jump. Loren Murchison of the
St. Louis A. A. also scored a
double victory, taking the 60-yard
run and the 300-yard run.
Joie Ray of the Illinois A. C. Chi
cago failed in his attempt to better
his world mark of 2:14 in the 1,000
yard run, his time being 2:16 2-5.
John R. Sellers, unattached, of
New York covered a fast sprint at
the finish, coming in second to
Ray, and later in the evening cap
tured the 600-yard run.
Summaries:
Sixty-yard run final won by T.orrn
Murohison, St. l.ouls. A. A. Bernl Fefem,
jr. (unattached), second; Kred TVRChner.
Glencoe A. C. New York, third: F. Mot
ley, Mcadowbrook club, Phltadelphtfi,
fourth. Time, 6 3-5 seconds.
One thousand-yard run won by Jole
Hay. Illinois A. C, Chicago; John lt.
Sellers (unattached), second; Tom Camp
bell, University of Chicago, third: D. 8
t'aldwell, Boston A. A., fourth. Time, 2
minutes, 56 6-6 seconds.
Three-hundred yard run final won by
Loren Murchison, St. Louis A. A.: James
O'Brien, LoUKhiin Lyceum, Brooklyn, N.
7., second; Klmer W. Smith. University
of Pennsylvania, third: Cornelius O.
Shautrhnexsy. Knights of Slatony, Brook
lyn. N. Y., fourth. Time, 3 8-5 seconds.
Two-mile run won by Cordon Nightin
gale. New Hampshire State college, Clyde
Stout, University of Chicago, second; Max
Bohland. Paullst A. C, New York, third;
C. E. Leath, Boston A. A., fourth. Time,
minutes, 28 1-6 seconds.
Sixteen-pound ahot put won by Patrick
J. McDonald (unattached), 44 feet, 7
inches; Oeorfre Bromter (unnttached I, 4S
Feet, Inches, eecond; Harry Corell,
Pastime. A. C, N. Y., 40 feet, ' Inches,
third; Fred 1.. OnUcn, Brooklyn A. A.,
38 ftet. 11 Inches, fourth.
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SlllDELL GETS
CRACK AT TITLE
III BLUFFS BOUT
Meets Breedlove, Feather
weight Champion, in Finish
Match in Bluffs Auditorium
Next Wednesday Night.
Omaha and Council Bluffs
wrestling fans are expecting to see
one of the best wrestling matches
they have ever witnessed when
featherweight champion, Vernon
Breedlove, defends his honors in a
finish match with Claude Swindell
of Lincoln, next Wednesday night at
Council fluffs auditorium. The men
have agreed to weigh in at 125
pounds at the ringside. Swindell
says that is his best figure and
Breedlove is having no great trou
ble in reaching that weight as he is
seldom above it.
Both of these little men are won
derful wrestlers, often taking on
lightweights when no featherweights
were available. Swindell has often
wanted a title match and when he
heard that the champion was out of
service he made a trip down from
Lincoln to be at the ringside when
Breedlove wrestled Shoafstall and
challenged from the ring for a title
match. Vernon agreed to take him
on and the match was made, before
they left the Bluffs auditorium that
night.
The match will be a finish match,
best two out of three falls with no
time limit of any kind set on the
affair. The men will wrestle iill
one or the other gains two falls un
less of course there is an injury to
one or the other that prevents it,
but both men in the condition they
are said to be in, there is little likeli
hood of any injury to either. Breed
love has been training in Omaha
with Jack Tolliver, Young Gotch
and Barney Burman. He is in ex
cellent shape and according to) re
ports from Lincoln will have to be
to win, for the Swindell adherents
claim that their man is in the best
shape of his entire career.
The show will open with a bout
that has not been fully arranged as
yet, but will be fixed up in 'time to
give the fans a real match for a pre
lim and the well-known Teddy
brothers will exhibit their famous
"Rube Rasslin" stunt for a semi
windup. Yale Wrestlers Win.
New Haven, Conn, March 8.
The Yale varsity wrestling team
defeated Harvard here this after
noon, 19 to 7.
KEARNEY MAKES
CLEVER TOSSES
FOR CREIGHTOF
Coach Mills' Squad Takes Sec
ond Game From Camp
Grant Basket Ball Team
on Local Floor.
Creighton, 36; Camp Grant, 14,
Creighton swamped the boys from
Camp Grant in a second game last
night on the floor of the Creighton
gymnasium. ("apt. Lewis Omar,
athletic director, sent his men to
Omaha to play basket ball, but
Coach Mills' steppers did all the
playing. Kearney and Mulholland
tossed baskets in series as if in
practice. Jlaley, Creighton right
lorvvard, was in constant action
against the army hoys, who the
night before played a fairly good
game, though they were defeated
then, 19 to 11. r
Hamsath, giant center of the
Camp Grant squad, made some eay
goals despite Creightou'c well-formed
plans to run up scores against
the army team. Carl Lutes, former
Creighton man, played too hard ami
in the second half was ruled out by
Referee Kline on account of rough
play. The game opened with Mills'
men taking the ball diiectly to the
goal and tossing it to a run of 22
points in the first half. Kearney
made some long tosses. Mulholland
remembered the night before, and
played a good offensive game. Wise,
able left forward for Creighton.
broke up many of Camp Grant's
attempts at goal.
Lutes wanted to play the game
alone, and partly won out. From
the beginning until he was put out
of the game he kept blue and white
athletes in a merry mix-up. Hem
sath and Dclmore, Camp Grant
men, waded in the contest with
fight in the second half and ran up
a final score of 14 points against
the Creighton men. l"ouls were
numerous on both sides, due to the
increased interest of the game from
the night before.
Coach Mills was an extremely
happy man when his athletes re
tained their reputation by stellar
playing. His eyes were peeled on
Kearney and Mulholland through
out the game as he watched them
toss baskets, one after the other.
Vandiver showed clever capability
to hold down left guard position.
His defensive action was lively.
Lieutenant Donaghey, assistant
athletic director of the army five,
broke into the game last night and
spent some happy moments with the
ball. More than 1,000 persons wit
nessed the game and heard lively
cheering by the Creighton boosters.
All Coach Mills stated was: Thev
did it again, darn 'em." The Camp
Grant team will return to their
Illinois home today.
Lineup.
Camp Grant. Creighton.
Del more R. F. L Wise
Lutes L. F. R ' Haley
llemsath C Kearney
Kavenal R. (1. L Vandiver
DonaKhey L. O. R Mulholland
Substitutes: Creighton, London for
Wise; Moonan for Vandiver. Camp Oram,
Johnson for Lutca; Lutes for Donaghey;
Roth for Lutes.
lit Half. 2d Half. Total.
Creighton 22 14 36
Camp Grant 6 9 14
Referee: Kline, Nebraska, Wesleyan.
St. Joseph High Trims
Omaha Central High
in Fast Game, 18 to 14,.
St. Joseph High, 18; Omaha, 14.
A keen eye for the baskets gave
the St. Joseph High school basket
ball team an 18 to 14 victory over
the Central High Quintet last night
in a close game played on the Young
Men's Christian association , floor.
Although the Omaha five kept the
sphere bouncing around their basket,
yet inability to send it through, lost
them the game.
Winters and Miller, making diffi
cult tosses, were the stars of the
game. The ball in the hands of
these two men was almost sure to
result in a counter for the boys from
the wet town. The Konecky
brothers showed up well for the
locals and were well supported by
Clements, Burnham and Swoboda.
who played a hard game against
odds.
The opening moments of play
were close and the score was low
Near the end of the half, however
the Joetown lads rushed the basket,
compiling an 11 to 5 count by the
end of the half. Winter's free tosses
of fouls helped boost the score oi
the visitors.
Omaha came back strong in the
second period and held the Missouri .
flippers scoreless. lor several min
utes. Miller broljt loose later and
sent the score climbing before the
Omahans staged a rally which net
ted them several points. When
Mully's men got their real form late
in the game the chance for victory
was gone and they lost their final
home same, 18 to 14.
Lineup and sumarries: V
OMAHA. ST. JOSEPH.
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rTm'nts. rf..l 0 2Wintera, rf..3 4 1(1
Mangold, e...o 0 0Haumont, lf.1 2
K'n'rky, L, If 1 1 I'Mlller. c S k
Hurnham, c.t 0 4Hower, rir....O
K'n'cky 1 rir.2 2 (Slater, !;.... 0
Totals n i 14 Total! 7 4 1?
Fouls Omaha: Clement (3), an4
Hurnham (4). St. Joseph: Winters 11:4
Beaumont. Miller and Slater (4).
officials Verne Moore, referee; Geti4
RufHUm, seorekeeper; Hobartt timekeeper.
Time of halves, 20 minutes.
The seniors defeated the juniors
in an interclass preliminary,
Hagen Winner of National
-Midwinter Golf Tournament
Tampa, Fla., March 8. Walter
S. Hagen, professional of the Talma
Ceia club, won the national mid
winter open golf tournament here
today on the Talma Ceia links. In
competition with 24 other profes
sional players, Hagen made 312 for
the 72 holes, a margin of live strokes
over his nearest rival, James M.
Barnes of Sunset Hill, St. Louis.
Jack Hutchinson of Gltnview, Chi
cago, was third with a scor c!
321.
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